Nevada, 2022High Wind in Nevada, October 22, 2022
October 22, 2022 · NWS VEF · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
The first deep, cold trough of the season brought locally high winds to southern Nevada.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The first deep, cold trough of the season brought locally high winds to southern Nevada.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 21, 2:24 PM PST, 20 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 2:24 PM PST, 20 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>High Wind, Esmeralda/Central Nye
- When
- October 22, 10:45 AM PST to 3:30 PM PST
- Where
- Esmeralda/Central Nye forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 37.914, -117.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The peak gust occurred 40 miles E of Beatty.
High Wind, Spring Mountains
- When
- October 22, 11:59 AM PST to 3:10 PM PST
- Where
- Spring Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 37.129, -115.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The peak gust occurred 3 miles NE of Mount Charleston.
High Wind, Las Vegas Valley
- When
- October 22, 12:30 PM PST to 6:50 PM PST
- Where
- Las Vegas Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The peak gust occurred 1 mile SSW of The Strip.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Wildfire in Missouri, October 22, 20221 injured · $200,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Utah, October 22, 2022$50,000 · 83 kt wind · 8 events
- Tornado in Oregon, October 22, 2022$50,000 · EF0 · 1 event
- High Wind in Colorado, October 22 to 23, 202269 kt wind · 22 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, October 22 to 24, 20229 events
- High Wind in California, October 22, 202283 kt wind · 9 events
- Debris Flow and Dust Storm in California, October 22 to 23, 202257 kt wind · 7 events
- High Wind in Arizona, October 22 to 30, 202259 kt wind · 5 events
- High Wind in Nevada, October 22, 202294 kt wind · 4 events
- Heavy Snow in Utah, October 22 to 23, 20224 events
- High Wind in California, October 22, 202264 kt wind · 3 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Utah, October 22 to 24, 20222 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1058952, 1058954, 1058956.